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This new Report from the UNHCR, the first since 2000, provides an up-to-date and highly accessible overview of recent key developments related to internal and cross-border displacement of people throughout the world. As well as analyzing policy issues, it provides a wealth of statistical graphs, tables, and maps.Author: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Kindle Edition: 249 pages Kindle eBook Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2006-05-03) (2006-05-03) List Price: $40.43 Amazon Price: 
This How Do I....Immigration and Citizenship, Consumer Reference Guide, provides information on how to get things done through USCIS. Find Answers to basic Immigration Rules & Procedures on Permanent Resident, Fiancé(e),Marriage, Adoption,Nonimmigrants, Citizenship, U.S Citizens, Employment, Employers, Refugee and Asylees, Re-entry Permit, Travelling Abroad, Extendind your Stay , Avoiding Scams, Top 10 Tips Before You File, Immigration Options for Victims of Crimes,Immigration relief available for victims of severe forms of trafficking & so much more! Author: USCIS U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services Kindle Edition: 134 pages Kindle eBook Company: I Ina Publishing (2011-08-16) (2011-08-16) List Price: $7.59 Amazon Price: 
Refugee policy has not kept pace with new realities in international and humanitarian affairs. Recent policy failures have resulted in instability, terrible hardships, and massive loss of life. This book systematically analyzes refugee policy responses over the past decade and calls for specific reforms to make policy more proactive and comprehensive. Refugee policy must be more than the administration of misery. Responses should be calculated to help prevent or mitigate future humanitarian catastrophes. More international cooperation is needed in advance of crises. Humanitarian structures within governments, notably the United States, as well as the wide variety o international institutions involved in humanitarian action must be re-oriented to cope with new challenges.Author: Arthur C. Helton Kindle Edition: 327 pages Kindle eBook Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2002-05-16) (2002-05-16) List Price: $45.00 Amazon Price: 
The immigration courts are in a period of intense crisis and breakdown, at a moment in history when America’s immigration policy is being challenged and redefined. Congress has debated an overhaul of the immigration system since 2006, but proposals for fixing the courts have been largely ignored. The American Bar Association released a 510-page report in February, 2010, revealing that a total of 231 immigration judges hear more than 300,000 cases a year, an average of 1,200 for each judge, or three times the load of federal district judges. The ABA reported that judges state that they “feel overworked, frustrated, and feel like they are on a treadmill.” The judges often feel that their asylum hearings are “like holding death penalty cases in traffic court,” said Dana L. Marks, an immigration judge and the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges. As the judges’ backlog swells so that most immigrants must wait an average of two years for a hearing, the number of decisions appealed to the federal circuit courts has increased from 9 percent of decisions in 2002 to 26 percent in 2008, the report found, virtually overwhelming the federal courts. Due to lack of training and experience of immigration judges, the report found, their decisions “are often harrowing, haphazard and inconsistent.” The New York Times reported in October 2010 that the immigration backlog in the courts has continued to grow, in spite of calls for reform. “America is famous for priding itself as a nation of immigrants, but the often shabby and sometimes downright abusive treatment that immigrants seeking asylum suffer in our nation’s immigration court system is a well-kept secret. The truth is that our government fails to hire prosecuting attorneys and appoint judges with expertise in the field or even adequately train them in the law and procedure. But this failure pales in comparison to the even greater scandal that the immigrants herded into these courts are often treated with disdain, disrespect, or even outright contempt by sworn officers of the law. The often needless, lengthy and costly pre-trial detention of individuals who usually do not represent any danger to the community is an everyday and shameful fact of life in our immigration system.” Judge Grussendorf began his career representing asylum applicants at the Central American Refugee Center in Washington, DC. at the height of the wars in Central America. He was then named director of the immigration law clinic at George Washington University Law School, where he championed the rights of immigrants and asylum applicants, and later became an immigration law judge. Many of his decisions in the courts of Philadelphia, Baltimore and San Francisco were cutting-edge precedents affording protection to battered spouses, gays, and refugees from civil strife in Africa, Central America and Asia. His book is the first and only publication by an insider of the court system. Judge Grussendorf’s book views the dilemma posed by the nation’s dysfunctional immigration court system with sober compassion. He offers solutions both for immigration reform and reform of the courts; proposes a drastic overhaul of the country’s asylum system; and includes proposals for reform of legal education in America. Author: Paul Grussendorf Kindle Edition: 227 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-06-06) (2011-06-06) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: 
"This book is an optimal tool for instructors and students of graduate classes in social work and related disciplines." --Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health Successful social work with immigrants must begin with an understanding of their legal status and how that status impacts their housing, employment, health care, education, and virtually every other aspect of life. Chang-Muy and Congress present social workers with the only book on the market to emphasize the legal aspect of immigrant issues as well as critical practice and advocacy issues. Topics discussed include historical and current trends in immigration, applicable theories for practice with immigrants, policy and advocacy methods, and the need for cultural competence. By providing comprehensive coverage of both the legal and practice issues of this complex field, this book will help social service professionals and graduate students increase their cultural sensitivity and work more effectively with immigrants.; "This book is an optimal tool for instructors and students of graduate classes in social work and related disciplines." --Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health "I applaud social work students, professors, and social workers who seek to serve and empower the immigrant community. This text is a great tool toward raising awareness of the many issues immigrants face, and helping them find solutions." "The book is a major contribution to social workers and their clients as it addresses advocacy on behalf of immigrants and refugees during a social, economic and political period that restricts immigrants' rights and service access." Successful social work with immigrants must begin with an understanding of their legal status and how that status impacts their housing, employment, health care, education, and virtually every other aspect of life. Chang-Muy and Congress present social workers with the only book on the market to emphasize the legal aspect of immigrant issues as well as critical practice and advocacy issues. Topics discussed include historical and current trends in immigration, applicable theories for practice with immigrants, policy and advocacy methods, and the need for cultural competence. By providing comprehensive coverage of both the legal and practice issues of this complex field, this book will help social service professionals and graduate students increase their cultural sensitivity and work more effectively with immigrants. Instructional Materials Available! 
A range of emerging refugee claims is beginning to challenge the boundaries of the Refugee Convention regime and question traditional distinctions between "economic migrants" and "political refugees." This book identifies the conceptual and analytical challenges presented by claims based on socio-economic deprivation, and undertakes an assessment of the extent to which these challenges may be overcome by a creative interpretation of the Refugee Convention, consistent with correct principles of international treaty interpretation. The central argument is that, notwithstanding the dichotomy between "economic migrants" and "political refugees," the Refugee Convention is capable of accommodating a more complex analysis which recognizes that many claims based on socio-economic deprivation are indeed properly considered within the purview of the Refugee Convention. This, the first book to consider these issues, will be of great interest to refugee law scholars, advocates, decision-makers and non-governmental organizations. Author: Foster Kindle Edition: 442 pages Kindle eBook Company: Cambridge University Press (2003-04-29) (2003-04-29) List Price: $32.79 Amazon Price: 
Refugees lie at the heart of world politics. The causes and consequences of, and responses to, human displacement are intertwined with many of the core concerns of International Relations. Yet, scholars of International Relations have generally bypassed the study of refugees, and Forced Migration Studies has generally bypassed insights from International Relations. This volume therefore represents an attempt to bridge the divide between these disciplines, and to place refugeeswithin the mainstream of International Relations. Drawing together the work and ideas of a combination of the world's leading and emerging International Relations scholars, the volume considers what ideas from International Relations can offer our understanding of the international politics of forced migration. The insights draw from across the theoretical spectrum of International Relations from realism to critical theory to feminism, covering issues including international cooperation, security, and the international political economy. They engage with some of the most challenging political and practical questions in contemporary forced migration, including peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, and statebuilding. The result is a set of highly original chapters, yielding not only new concepts of wider relevance to International Relations but also insights for academics, policy-makers, and practitioners working on forced migration in particular and humanitarianism in general. Author: Gil Loescher, Alexander Betts Kindle Edition: 368 pages Kindle eBook Company: Oxford University Press (2010-11-04) (2010-11-04) List Price: $40.00 Amazon Price: 
Migration and Refugee Law: Principles and Practice in Australia is a comprehensive overview of the legal principles governing the entry of people into Australia. This fully revised third edition provides an accessible analysis of the theory and practice of this complex and controversial area of the law. It considers the social and political context of migration and refugee law in devising innovative policies aimed at creating an equitable and rational immigration system. Migration and Refugee Law: Principles and Practice in Australia combines an astute consideration of theory with the creation of practical policy solutions, and is therefore an essential resource for migration lawyers and agents, government employees, students, judicial officers and policymakers.Author: John Vrachnas Kindle Edition: 382 pages Kindle eBook Company: Cambridge University Press (2011-12-15) (2011-12-15) List Price: $72.00 Amazon Price: 
Through the Refugee Act of 1980, the United States offers the prospect of safety to people who flee to America to escape rape, torture, and even death in their native countries. In order to be granted asylum, however, an applicant must prove to an asylum officer or immigration judge that she has a well-founded fear of persecution in her homeland. The chance of winning asylum should have little if anything to do with the personality of the official to whom a case is randomly assigned, but in a ground-breaking and shocking study, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Andrew I. Schoenholtz, and Philip G. Schrag learned that life-or-death asylum decisions are too frequently influenced by random factors relating to the decision makers. In many cases, the most important moment in an asylum case is the instant in which a clerk randomly assigns the application to an adjudicator. The system, in its current state, is like a game of chance. Refugee Roulette is the first analysis of decisions at all four levels of the asylum adjudication process: the Department of Homeland Security, the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the United States Courts of Appeals. The data reveal tremendous disparities in asylum approval rates, even when different adjudicators in the same office each considered large numbers of applications from nationals of the same country. After providing a thorough empirical analysis, the authors make recommendations for future reform. Original essays by eight scholars and policy makers then discuss the authors' research and recommendations Contributors: Bruce Einhorn, Steven Legomsky, Audrey Macklin, M. Margaret McKeown, Allegra McLeod, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Margaret Taylor, and Robert Thomas. Author: Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Andrew Schoenholtz, Philip Schrag Kindle Edition: 354 pages Kindle eBook Company: NYU Press short (2009-09-30) (2009-09-30) List Price: $19.20 Amazon Price: 
Michael Dummett, philosopher and social critic, is also one of the sharpest and most prominent commentators and campaigners for the fair treatment of immigrants and refugees in Britain and Europe. This book insightfully draws together his thoughts on this major issue for the first time. Exploring the confused and often highly unjust thinking about immigration, Dummett then carefully questions the principles and justifications governing state policies, pointing out that they often conflict with the rights of refugees as laid down by the Geneva Convention. With compelling and often moving examples, On Immigration and Refugees points a new way forward for humane thinking and practice about a problem we cannot afford to ignore.Author: MICHAEL DUMMETT Kindle Edition: 176 pages Kindle eBook Company: Taylor & Francis (2007-03-16) (2007-03-16) List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: 
Muriel Gillick draws from a remarkable set of primary source materials, including letters, telegrams, and police records to relate the story of two teenage refugees during World War II. Once They Had a Country conveys well what it was like to establish a new life in a foreign country—over and over again and in constant fear for one’s life. The work tells of the extraordinary experiences of the author’s parents in Europe and demonstrates how citizens and the governments of Belgium, France, Switzerland, Brazil, America, China, and postwar Germany treated refugees. This story also reveals the origins of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the basis of contemporary international law affecting refugees in many countries today.
In addition to the dramatic human story it tells, this work brings the plight of refugees home to the reader—and with over 8 million refugees worldwide today, the subject of how individuals and nation states respond to these individuals is indeed timely. Author: Muriel R. Gillick Paperback: 240 pages Company: University Alabama Press (2010-11-23) ISBN: 0817356207 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $0.01 Used Price: $2.97 
Lowell Green presents a powerful, persuasive, well-documented and incredibly well researched argument for a substantial reduction in Canada's yearly intake of immigrants and refugees, and an immediate halt to multiculturalism. Lowell minces no words in demonstrating how immigration has changed from the early 1990s - when about four European immigrants arrived here for every non-European - until today, when about four non-European immigrants arrive for every one of European descent. He explains how the policies of the Mulroney and Chrétien governments opened the immigration floodgates in the 1990s. And how, since then, immigration isn't working for Canada or the immigrants, many of whom are still on welfare after many years in this country. The evidence Lowell presents that multiculturalism has become a form of colonization in our major cities, severely straining our social services and infrastructures, is highly controversial but difficult to refute. So, too, his assertion that even as mass immigration and multiculturalism strengthen Quebec's distinct French language and culture, the rest of Canada is committing cultural suicide. His claim that many of the cultures we are importing are repositories of ignorance, superstition, repression, cruelty and injustice, especially towards women, will infuriate many a bleeding heart! Author: Lowell Green Kindle Edition: 141 pages Kindle eBook Company: Spruce Ridge Publishing, Inc (2011-02-22) (2011-02-22) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: 
The political upheaval in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala had a devastating human toll at the end of the twentieth century. A quarter of a million people died during the period 1974-1996. Many of those who survived the wars chose temporary refuge in neighboring countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica. Others traveled far north, to Mexico, the United States, and Canada in search of safety. Over two million of those who fled Central America during this period settled in these three countries. In this incisive book, María Cristina García tells the story of that migration and how domestic and foreign policy interests shaped the asylum policies of Mexico, the United States, and Canada. She describes the experiences of the individuals and non-governmental organizations--primarily church groups and human rights organizations--that responded to the refugee crisis, and worked within and across borders to shape refugee policy. These transnational advocacy networks collected testimonies, documented the abuses of states, re-framed national debates about immigration, pressed for changes in policy, and ultimately provided a voice for the displaced. García concludes by addressing the legacies of the Central American refugee crisis, especially recent attempts to coordinate a regional response to the unique problems presented by immigrants and refugees--and the challenges of coordinating such a regional response in the post-9/11 era. Author: María Cristina García Paperback: 289 pages Company: University of California Press (2006-03-06) ISBN: 0520247019 List Price: $26.95 Amazon Price: $22.95 Used Price: $13.41
Migration and Refugee Law: Principles and Practice in Australia is a comprehensive overview of the legal principles governing the entry of people into Australia. This fully revised third edition provides an accessible analysis of the theory and practice of this complex and controversial area of the law. It considers the social and political context of migration and refugee law in devising innovative policies aimed at creating an equitable and rational immigration system. Migration and Refugee Law: Principles and Practice in Australia combines an astute consideration of theory with the creation of practical policy solutions, and is therefore an essential resource for migration lawyers and agents, government employees, students, judicial officers and policymakers.Author: John Vrachnas Kindle Edition: 382 pages Kindle eBook Company: Cambridge University Press (2011-12-15) (2011-12-15) List Price: $72.00 Amazon Price: 
Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American family--refugees. In cities all over the country, refugees arrive daily. Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come with nothing but the desire to experience the American dream. Their endurance in the face of tragedy and their ability to hold on to the virtues of family, love, and joy are a lesson for Americans. Their stories will make you laugh and weep--and give you a deeper understanding of the wider world in which we live. The Middle of Everywhere moves beyond the headlines into the homes of refugees from around the world. Working as a cultural broker, teacher, and therapist, Mary Pipher has once again opened our eyes--and our hearts--to those with whom we share the future. Author: Mary Pipher Paperback: 416 pages Company: Mariner Books (2003-07-01) ISBN: 0156027372 List Price: $14.00 Amazon Price: $2.15 Used Price: $0.02 
How can societies that welcome immigrants from around the world create civic cohesion and political community out of ethnic and racial diversity? This thought-provoking book is the first to provide a comparative perspective on how the United States and Canada encourage foreigners to become citizens. Based on vivid in-depth interviews with Portuguese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees in Boston and Toronto and on statistical analysis and documentary data, Becoming a Citizen shows that greater state support for settlement and an official government policy of multiculturalism in Canada increase citizenship acquisition and political participation among the foreign born. The United States, long a successful example of immigrant integration, today has greater problems incorporating newcomers into the polity. While many previous accounts suggest that differences in naturalization and political involvement stem from differences in immigrants' political skills and interests, Irene Bloemraad argues that foreigners' political incorporation is not just a question of the type of people countries receive, but also fundamentally of the reception given to them. She discusses the implications of her findings for other countries, including Australia and immigrant nations in Europe. Author: Irene Bloemraad Paperback: 382 pages Company: University of California Press (2006-10-03) ISBN: 0520248996 List Price: $25.95 Amazon Price: $20.50 Used Price: $13.62 
During the reign of Elizabeth I, large numbers of aliens immigrated into England for various reasons, most notably to escape religious persecution and the wars that wrecked the Continent in the sixteenth century. Much like governments facing immigration issues today, England's governors struggled to strike a balance between the potentially beneficial and the potentially dangerous aspects of the aliens' presence.Strangers Settled Here Amongst Us focuses on the link between the aliens, native English and the central government. It explores policies and attitudes, bringing new perspectives to familiar documents as well as introducing documents rarely seen in the subject's scholarship. Author: Laura Hunt Yungblut Hardcover: 192 pages Company: Routledge (1996-06-26) ISBN: 0415021448 List Price: $140.00 Amazon Price: $132.24 Used Price: $46.00
This new Report from the UNHCR, the first since 2000, provides an up-to-date and highly accessible overview of recent key developments related to internal and cross-border displacement of people throughout the world. As well as analyzing policy issues, it provides a wealth of statistical graphs, tables, and maps.Author: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Kindle Edition: 249 pages Kindle eBook Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2006-05-03) (2006-05-03) List Price: $40.43 Amazon Price:
The immigration courts are in a period of intense crisis and breakdown, at a moment in history when America’s immigration policy is being challenged and redefined. Congress has debated an overhaul of the immigration system since 2006, but proposals for fixing the courts have been largely ignored. The American Bar Association released a 510-page report in February, 2010, revealing that a total of 231 immigration judges hear more than 300,000 cases a year, an average of 1,200 for each judge, or three times the load of federal district judges. The ABA reported that judges state that they “feel overworked, frustrated, and feel like they are on a treadmill.” The judges often feel that their asylum hearings are “like holding death penalty cases in traffic court,” said Dana L. Marks, an immigration judge and the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges. As the judges’ backlog swells so that most immigrants must wait an average of two years for a hearing, the number of decisions appealed to the federal circuit courts has increased from 9 percent of decisions in 2002 to 26 percent in 2008, the report found, virtually overwhelming the federal courts. Due to lack of training and experience of immigration judges, the report found, their decisions “are often harrowing, haphazard and inconsistent.” The New York Times reported in October 2010 that the immigration backlog in the courts has continued to grow, in spite of calls for reform. “America is famous for priding itself as a nation of immigrants, but the often shabby and sometimes downright abusive treatment that immigrants seeking asylum suffer in our nation’s immigration court system is a well-kept secret. The truth is that our government fails to hire prosecuting attorneys and appoint judges with expertise in the field or even adequately train them in the law and procedure. But this failure pales in comparison to the even greater scandal that the immigrants herded into these courts are often treated with disdain, disrespect, or even outright contempt by sworn officers of the law. The often needless, lengthy and costly pre-trial detention of individuals who usually do not represent any danger to the community is an everyday and shameful fact of life in our immigration system.” Judge Grussendorf began his career representing asylum applicants at the Central American Refugee Center in Washington, DC. at the height of the wars in Central America. He was then named director of the immigration law clinic at George Washington University Law School, where he championed the rights of immigrants and asylum applicants, and later became an immigration law judge. Many of his decisions in the courts of Philadelphia, Baltimore and San Francisco were cutting-edge precedents affording protection to battered spouses, gays, and refugees from civil strife in Africa, Central America and Asia. His book is the first and only publication by an insider of the court system. Judge Grussendorf’s book views the dilemma posed by the nation’s dysfunctional immigration court system with sober compassion. He offers solutions both for immigration reform and reform of the courts; proposes a drastic overhaul of the country’s asylum system; and includes proposals for reform of legal education in America. Author: Paul Grussendorf Kindle Edition: 227 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-06-06) (2011-06-06) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: 
The stories of illegal immigrants from four continents who have embarked on dangerous journeys in trucks, boats, and even underneath trains are told in this investigation of the personal, economic, and legal dimensions of the international trade of people smuggling. Interviews with immigrants reveal the deceptive expectations perpetuated by smugglers, which are dashed by the immigrants' experiences with sexual slavery, long hours in sweatshops, or living without access to health care, legal housing, and education. Case studies compare the fate of illegal and legal immigrants to examine why immigrants choose this option and who profits from their suffering. Members of the underworld in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia who organize this illicit movement of people are also interviewed.Author: Craig McGill Paperback: 224 pages Company: Vision (2004-04-01) ISBN: 1904132170 List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $22.00 Used Price: $0.44 
My experience living in American and being a white Illegal Immigrant.Reconsider your view point. Author: George SHH Kindle Edition: 2 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-12-15) (2011-12-15) List Price: Amazon Price: 
A promise. Instead, Nora is on a desperate journey far away from home. When her father leaves their beloved Mexico in search of work, Nora stays behind. She fights to make sense of her loss while living in poverty—waiting for her father's return and a better day. When the letters and money stop coming, Nora decides that she and her mother must look for him in Texas. After a frightening experience crossing the border, the two are all alone in a strange place. Now, Nora must find the strength to survive while aching for small comforts: friends, a new school, and her precious quinceaÑera. Bettina Restrepo's gripping, deeply hopeful debut novel captures the challenges of one girl's unique yet universal immigrant experience. Author: Bettina Restrepo Kindle Edition: 277 pages Kindle eBook Company: Katherine Tegen Books (2011-03-08) (2011-03-08) List Price: $13.99 Amazon Price: 
A down-and-out L.A. lawyer with nothing to lose...A beautiful Mexican woman who disappears crossing the border... And the powerful and corrupt rancher who would destroy them both. Haunted by a personal tragedy and wanted by the cops, lawyer Jimmy (Royal) Payne wants to skip town. That's when he crosses paths with 12-year-old Tino Perez, newly arrived from Mexico, looking for his mother Marisol, who went missing after crossing the border with a vicious coyote. Before long, the cynical lawyer and the savvy kid are bonding and tracing Marisol's path, battling predators on both sides of the border. Most dangerous of all is Simeon Rutledge, a wealthy rancher, and the biggest employer of farm workers in California. Just why is Rutledge willing to kill Payne to keep Marisol under wraps? It's a story of human trafficking and sex slavery, a mother's love for her son, and the redemption of a man intent on escaping his past. From the shadows of migrant stash houses to the fertile fields of the San Joaquin Valley, 'Illegal' delivers a searing mix of live-wire prose, shattering violence, and rich characterization. Set against larger social issues, this is a masterful tale from one of the most skillful practitioners of the modern thriller. Author: Paul Levine Kindle Edition: 386 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2012-05-07) (2012-05-07) List Price: Amazon Price: 
Hearing before the Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture Subcommittee of the Committee on Govern- ment Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, December 10, 1993. Author: U.S. Government Printing Office Kindle Edition: 152 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2010-06-01) (2010-06-01) List Price: $1.99 Amazon Price: 
Terry Greene Sterling enters the fearful ghettoes of Arizona, the gateway for nearly half of the nation's undocumented immigrants and the state that is the least welcoming toward them, to tell the stories of the men, women, and children who have crossed the border. Author: Terry Greene Sterling Kindle Edition: 256 pages Kindle eBook Company: Lyons Press (2010-07-01) (2010-07-01) List Price: $13.50 Amazon Price: 
AMERICA'S MELTING POT IS BOILING OVER. Millions of illegals strain an overburdened system. Crime ratesskyrocket. From the Valley of the Sun to the halls of Congress, debate rages. Allthe while, murder and mayhem reign along the U.S.-Mexico border. Speaking intothe fray at a timely juncture, radio talk-show host Darrell Ankarlo delivers agripping, beyond-the-headlines look at illegal immigration: its victims, itsperpetrators, and its toll on the heart of a nation and the will of herlaw-abiding citizens. From the hot-button state of Arizona, Ankarlo daredventure to the epicenter of the battle for America's southern border. Now he dares you to absorb the heartbreaking stories andeye-opening discoveries he brought back from his undercover journey without findingyourself shaken, inspired… and compelled to act. Endorsements: "Instead of complaining about the "border problem," DarrelAnkarlo set out to do something about it-he went there and lived it! InIllegals, Darrell provides a real and raw 'boots on the ground' look at ourincreasingly lawless southern border. This edition . . . will make you shakeyour head and say 'no way' as you're presented with true stories andexperiences about life along the border. This book will enlighten you and attimes frighten you, but in the end you'll know better than most politicianswhat's really happening at the border." -GLENN BECK Author: Darrell Ankarlo Kindle Edition: 368 pages Kindle eBook Company: Thomas Nelson (2010-09-14) (2010-09-14) List Price: $14.99 Amazon Price: 
Just Like Us tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. We meet the girls on the eve of their senior prom in Denver, Colorado. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the legal pair sees a clear path forward. Their friendships start to divide along lines of immigration status.Then the political firestorm begins. A Mexican immigrant shoots and kills a police officer. The author happens to be married to the Mayor of Denver, a businessman who made his fortune in the restaurant business. In a bizarre twist, the murderer works at one of the Mayor’s restaurants—under a fake Social Security number. A local Congressman seizes upon the murder as proof of all that is wrong with American society and Colorado becomes the place where national arguments over immigration rage most fiercely. The rest of the girls’ lives play out against this backdrop of intense debate over whether they have any right to live here. Just Like Us is a coming-of-age story about girlhood and friendship, as well as the resilience required to transcend poverty. It is also a book about identity—what it means to steal an identity, what it means to have a public identity, what it means to inherit an identity from parents. The girls, their families, and the critics who object to their presence allow the reader to watch one of the most complicated social issues of our times unfurl in a major American city. And the perspective of the author gives the reader insight into both the most powerful and the most vulnerable members of American society as they grapple with the same dilemma: Who gets to live in America? And what happens when we don’t agree? 
New research reveals why America can no longer afford mass immigrationMark Krikorian has studied the trends and concluded that America must permanently reduce immigration— both legal and illegal—or face enormous problems in the near future. His argument is based on facts, not fear. Wherever they come from, today’s immigrants are actually very similar to those who arrived a century ago. But they are coming to a very different America—one where changes in the economy, society, and government create different incentives for newcomers. Before the upheavals of the 1960s, the U.S. expected its immigrants—from Italy to India—to earn a living, learn English, and become patriotic Americans. But the rise of identity politics, political correctness, and Great Society programs means we no longer make these demands. In short, the problem isn’t them, it’s us. Even positive developments such as technological progress hinder the assimilation of immigrants. It’s easy now for newcomers to live “transnational” lives. Immigration will be in the headlines through Election Day and beyond, and this controversial book will help drive the debate. Author: Mark Krikorian Kindle Edition: 316 pages Kindle eBook Company: Sentinel (2008-07-03) (2008-07-03) List Price: $25.95 Amazon Price: 
For two decades veteran photojournalist David Bacon has documented the connections between labor, migration, and the global economy. In Illegal People Bacon explores the human side of globalization, exposing the many ways it uproots people in Latin America and Asia, driving them to migrate. At the same time, U.S. immigration policy makes the labor of those displaced people a crime in the United States. Illegal People explains why our national policy produces even more displacement, more migration, more immigration raids, and a more divided, polarized society.Through interviews and on-the-spot reporting from both impoverished communities abroad and American immigrant workplaces and neighborhoods, Bacon shows how the United States' trade and economic policy abroad, in seeking to create a favorable investment climate for large corporations, creates conditions to displace communities and set migration into motion. Trade policy and immigration are intimately linked, Bacon argues, and are, in fact, elements of a single economic system. In particular, he analyzes NAFTA's corporate tilt as a cause of displacement and migration from Mexico and shows how criminalizing immigrant labor benefits employers. For example, Bacon explains that, pre-NAFTA, Oaxacan corn farmers received subsidies for their crops. State-owned CONASUPO markets turned the corn into tortillas and sold them, along with milk and other basic foodstuffs, at low, subsidized prices in cities. Post-NAFTA, several things happened: the Mexican government was forced to end its subsidies for corn, which meant that farmers couldn't afford to produce it; the CONASUPO system was dissolved; and cheap U.S. corn flooded the Mexican market, driving the price of corn sharply down. Because Oaxacan farming families can't sell enough corn to buy food and supplies, many thousands migrate every year, making the perilous journey over the border into the United States only to be labeled "illegal" and to find that working itself has become, for them, a crime. Bacon powerfully traces the development of illegal status back to slavery and shows the human cost of treating the indispensable labor of millions of migrants-and the migrants themselves-as illegal. Illegal People argues for a sea change in the way we think, debate, and legislate around issues of migration and globalization, making a compelling case for why we need to consider immigration and migration from a globalized human rights perspective. From the Hardcover edition. Author: David Bacon Kindle Edition: 284 pages Kindle eBook Company: Beacon Press (2008-09-01) (2008-09-01) List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: 
The Southwestern border is one of the most fascinating places in America, a region of rugged beauty and small communities that coexist across the international line. In the past decade, the area has also become deadly as illegal immigration has shifted into some of the harshest territory on the continent, reshaping life on both sides of the border.In Hard Line, Ken Ellingwood, a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, captures the heart of this complex and fascinating land, through the dramatic stories of undocumented immigrants and the border agents who track them through the desert, Native Americans divided between two countries, human rights workers aiding the migrants and ranchers taking the law into their own hands. This is a vivid portrait of a place and its people, and a moving story of the West that has major implications for the nation as a whole. From the Trade Paperback edition. Author: Ken Ellingwood Kindle Edition: 274 pages Kindle eBook Company: Vintage (2009-03-10) (2009-03-12) List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price:
Just Like Us tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. We meet the girls on the eve of their senior prom in Denver, Colorado. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the legal pair sees a clear path forward. Their friendships start to divide along lines of immigration status.Then the political firestorm begins. A Mexican immigrant shoots and kills a police officer. The author happens to be married to the Mayor of Denver, a businessman who made his fortune in the restaurant business. In a bizarre twist, the murderer works at one of the Mayor’s restaurants—under a fake Social Security number. A local Congressman seizes upon the murder as proof of all that is wrong with American society and Colorado becomes the place where national arguments over immigration rage most fiercely. The rest of the girls’ lives play out against this backdrop of intense debate over whether they have any right to live here. Just Like Us is a coming-of-age story about girlhood and friendship, as well as the resilience required to transcend poverty. It is also a book about identity—what it means to steal an identity, what it means to have a public identity, what it means to inherit an identity from parents. The girls, their families, and the critics who object to their presence allow the reader to watch one of the most complicated social issues of our times unfurl in a major American city. And the perspective of the author gives the reader insight into both the most powerful and the most vulnerable members of American society as they grapple with the same dilemma: Who gets to live in America? And what happens when we don’t agree? 
The Southwestern border is one of the most fascinating places in America, a region of rugged beauty and small communities that coexist across the international line. In the past decade, the area has also become deadly as illegal immigration has shifted into some of the harshest territory on the continent, reshaping life on both sides of the border.In Hard Line, Ken Ellingwood, a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, captures the heart of this complex and fascinating land, through the dramatic stories of undocumented immigrants and the border agents who track them through the desert, Native Americans divided between two countries, human rights workers aiding the migrants and ranchers taking the law into their own hands. This is a vivid portrait of a place and its people, and a moving story of the West that has major implications for the nation as a whole. Author: Ken Ellingwood Paperback: 272 pages Company: Vintage (2005-07-12) (2005-07-12) ISBN: 1400033675 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $7.09 Used Price: $1.23 
The Line Between Us explores the history of U.S-Mexican relations and the roots of Mexican immigration, all in the context of the global economy. And it shows how teachers can help students understand the immigrant experience and the drama of border life. But The Line Between Us is about more than Mexican immigration and border issues. It's about imaginative and creative teaching that gets students to care about the world. Using role plays, stories, poetry, improvisations, simulations and video, veteran teacher Bill Bigelow demonstrates how to combine lively teaching with critical analysis. “Exactly what we need,” says writer Luis RodrÃguez.Author: Bill Bigelow Paperback: 160 pages Company: Rethinking Schools, Ltd (2006-03-01) ISBN: 0942961315 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $10.00 Used Price: $3.90 
The current debate over immigration policy in the United States divides political parties and individuals alike. Both sides would agree that the immigration system is broken. Evidence of this systematic failure is glaring: there are twelve million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, the federal government lacks a comprehensive enforcement and naturalization strategy, and sanctuary cities have been created to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation.Cities such as Chicago and San Francisco have limited ability to deal with immigration issues, yet have acted to protect their citizens from deportation. By providing services to undocumented residents, cities have been forced to live with the consequences of an inadequate federal response to an issue that the Constitution delegates to the federal government. With a more sensible immigration strategy in place, there would be no need for sanctuary cities. This book explores the sanctuary city movement in detail. First, we will look at the life of an undocumented immigrant that came to America and now lives in a sanctuary city. Next, we will explore the history of immigration in the United States, how federal policy has changed over time, and how cities have responded to these changes. Finally, we will consider two examples of sanctuary cities: Chicago and San Francisco. Author: Kyle W. Bell Kindle Edition: 60 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2010-12-15) (2010-12-15) List Price: $2.99 Amazon Price: 
Americans from radically different political persuasions agree on the need to fix” the broken” US immigration laws to address serious deficiencies and improve border enforcement. In Immigration Law and the USMexico Border, Kevin Johnson and Bernard Trujillo focus on what for many is at the core of the entire immigration debate in modern America: immigration from Mexico. In clear, reasonable prose, Johnson and Trujillo explore the long history of discrimination against US citizens of Mexican ancestry in the United States and the current movement against illegal aliens”persons depicted as not deserving fair treatment by US law. The authors argue that the United States has a special relationship with Mexico by virtue of sharing a 2,000-mile border and a land-grab of epic proportions” when the United States acquired” nearly two-thirds of Mexican territory between 1836 and 1853. The authors explain US immigration law and policy in its many aspectsincluding the migration of labor, the place of state and local regulation over immigration, and the contributions of Mexican immigrants to the US economy. Their objective is to help thinking citizens on both sides of the border to sort through an issue with a long, emotional history that will undoubtedly continue to inflame politics until cooler, and better-informed, heads can prevail. The authors conclude by outlining possibilities for the future, sketching a possible movement to promote social justice. Great for use by students of immigration law, border studies, and Latino studies, this book will also be of interest to anyone wondering about the general state of immigration law as it pertains to our most troublesome border. Author: Kevin R. Johnson, Bernard Trujillo Paperback: 312 pages Company: University of Arizona Press (2011-11-01) ISBN: 0816527806 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $19.94 Used Price: $19.94 
Author: Ted ConoverPaperback: 288 pages Company: Vintage (1987-08-12) (1987-08-12) ISBN: 0394755189 List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $3.63 Used Price: $0.01 
Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly discussed and debated at all levels of society. Chomsky dismantles twenty of the most common assumptions and beliefs underlying statements like "I'm not against immigration, only illegal immigration" and challenges the misinformation in clear, straightforward prose.In exposing the myths that underlie today's debate, Chomsky illustrates how the parameters and presumptions of the debate distort how we think—and have been thinking—about immigration. She observes that race, ethnicity, and gender were historically used as reasons to exclude portions of the population from access to rights. Today, Chomsky argues, the dividing line is citizenship. Although resentment against immigrants and attempts to further marginalize them are still apparent today, the notion that non-citizens, too, are created equal is virtually absent from the public sphere. Engaging and fresh, this book will challenge common assumptions about immigrants, immigration, and U.S. history. Author: Aviva Chomsky Paperback: 264 pages Company: Beacon Press (2007-06-01) (2007-06-01) ISBN: 0807041564 List Price: $14.00 Amazon Price: $6.59 Used Price: $1.48 
This ebook contains the syllabus and the full text of the Supreme Court's opinion in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting.The US Chamber of Commerce and various civil rights organization brought suit to challenge an Arizona law attempting to impose sanctions for the employment of unauthorized aliens. The petitioners argued that the state law’s provisions are both expressly and impliedly preempted by federal immigration law. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court’s finding that the Arizona law was not preempted by federal law because it did no more than impose licensing conditions on businesses operating within the State. Nor was the state law preempted with respect to E-Verify (an internet based system to verify employment status). Arizona’s requirement that employers use E-Verify does not conflict with federal law nor does it obstruct the aims of the federal program. Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting 563 US --- (2011) Author: US Supreme Court Kindle Edition: 58 pages Kindle eBook Company: LandMark Publications (2011-05-26) (2011-05-26) List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price: 
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann are outrage—and you should be, too! Half of all illegal immigrants came into this country legally—and we have no way of knowing they're still here! Congressmen are putting their wives on their campaign payrolls! The UN is a cover for massive corruption! Drug companies pay off doctors to write scrips—whether we need them or not! Teachers unions block the firing of bad teachers—and battle against higher education standards! Katrina victims are being stiffed by their insurance companies! Special interests cost our consumers $45 billion through trade quotas that save only a handful of jobs!Unaware of these abuses? It's not surprising since the mainstream media don't talk about them. Too many powerful people are working very hard to cover them up. But in Outrage, New York Times bestselling authors Dick Morris and Eileen McGann give you the cold, hard facts you won't read about anywhere else—and offer tough, common-sense proposals on how to fight the special interests of the left and right . . . so we can start making these outrageous inequities things of the past! Author: Dick Morris, Eileen Mcgann Hardcover: 368 pages Bargain Price Company: HarperCollins (2007-06-01) (2007-06-12) ISBN: 1615566821 List Price: $26.95 Amazon Price: $2.57 Used Price: $0.01 
In this wide-ranging read, Congressman J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz) exposes the ongoing battle where terrorists seek ways to exploit America's porous borders and attack the country, as well as the hypocrisy, greed, and political correctness that could literally destroy the nation.Author: J. D. Hayworth, Joe Eule Hardcover: 230 pages Company: Regnery Publishing (2005-12-13) ISBN: 089526028X List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $1.19 Used Price: $0.01 |
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